Inlaid work in wood, ivory, etc., esp. as used for the decoration of furniture.

A kind of mosaic inlaid work in wood of various colours and shades. Also attributive as tarsia-work.

Also Tonbridge. Used attributively (rarely absol.) to designate wooden articles with a characteristic mosaic decoration, made in and about Royal…

concrete. Straight or curved inlaid lines in cabinet-work.

Inlaid work of blocks of wood arranged in a geometric pattern, esp. in furniture and flooring. Cf. parquet, n. 3. Frequently attributive.

In full Reisner work. A method of decorative inlay using wood of different colours, associated particularly with France in the late 18th cent…

= parquetry, n.; flooring made of parquetry.

= 1.

The Indian craft of inlaying wood with brass wire; the artefacts so produced.

A kind of mosaic inlaid work in wood of various colours and shades; = tarsia, n. Frequently attributive.

Used absol. and attributively to denote a distinctive style of inlay work which the Shibayamas originated.

(see quot. 1975).